I would ask FEMA, through your disability coordinator established by statute after Hurricane Katrina, to consider real-time exercises throughout the United States, of course, but particularly in this region, where we are more vulnerable than most other regions.
Norton emphasizes the need for real-time exercises for people with disabilities in vulnerable regions.
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